| 1784 - 506 páginas
...urrooft confufion. And, if we did not, at the tirft dilcharge, kill thofe we fired at, we generally loft them, though mortally wounded. They did not appear to us to be that dangerous animal fome authors have dclcribcd ; not even when attacked. They are rather more fo, to appearance, than... | |
| 874 páginas
...appeared to me very im|-rob<)ble, that this ice could have bceri^hc production generally loft them, thpugh mortally wounded. They did not appear to us to be, that dangerous animal Come authors have defcribcd, yiot cyen when attacked. They are rather more fo, to appearance, tjian... | |
| William Bingley - 1803 - 524 páginas
...had been once fired at. They then would tumble over one another into the sea in the utmost confusiom And if we did not, at. the first discharge, kill those...have described ; not even when attacked. They are rather more so in appearance than in reality. Vast numbers of them would follow and come close up to... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 páginas
...hurry to get away, till after they had once been fired at. Then they would tumble one over the other, into the sea, in the utmost confusion. And if we did...They did not appear to us to be that dangerous animal some authors have described, not even when attacked. They are rather more so to appearance than in... | |
| General history - 1814 - 798 páginas
...hurry to get away, till after they had once been fired at. Then they would tumble one over the other, into the sea, in the utmost confusion. And if we did...They did not appear to us to be that dangerous animal some authors have described, not even when attacked. They are rather more so to appearance than in... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 526 páginas
...hurry to get away, till after they had once been fired at. Then they would tumble one over the other, into the sea, in the utmost confusion. And if we did...They did not appear to us to be that dangerous animal some authors have described, not even when attacked. They are rather more so to appearance than in... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 382 páginas
...those next to them ; and the alarm being thus gradually communicated, the whole herd would be awaked. But they were seldom in a hurry to get away, till...at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. Vast numbers of these animals would follow and come close up to the boats; but the flash of a musket... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 páginas
...They then would tumble over one another into the sea, in the utmost confusion. And if we did not, on the first discharge, kill those we fired at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. Vast numbers of these animals would follow and come close up to the boats; but the flash of a musket... | |
| 1834 - 700 páginas
...They then would tumble over one another into the sea, in the utmost confusion. And if we did not, on the first discharge, kill those we fired at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. Vast numbers of these animals would follow and come close up to the boats ; but the flash of a musket... | |
| Natural history - 1840 - 180 páginas
...vicinity of the tee, before we could see it. We never found the whole herd asleep, some being always on the watch. These, on the approach of the boat, would...at, we generally lost them, though mortally wounded. The dam, when in the water, holds the young one between her fore arms. From all accounts, the Walrus... | |
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